Reports on and believes fit for publication paper [R.S.P.T., 153, 309-] by G. B. Airy on diurnal irregularities of terrestrial magnetism.
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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Reports on and believes fit for publication paper [R.S.P.T., 153, 309-] by G. B. Airy on diurnal irregularities of terrestrial magnetism.
JH criticizes [Robert] Mallet's views on the nature of earthquakes and the upheaval of the earth.
A short note to comment on photographs son John has sent; also inquires about prospects for the India survey John has discussed.
Remains unconvinced by RF's ideas on gravitating lunisolar action on the atmosphere.
Is honored by DM's letter and proposal to dedicate his book [Traité général de photographie] to JH. Points out some errors of attribution he would like incorporated if not too late. Pass on his good wishes to J. A. F. Plateau.
Thanks for a number of items of poetry and sends EC a translation of some poetry by Friedrich Schiller.
Likes JT's explanation of sky's blue color. Has difficulty with JT's explanation of polarization of skylight. Comments on absorptive powers of vapor and liquid.
Anxious to receive final sheets of nebula catalogue from GA [see GA's 1862-11-19], as JH wants to enter the descriptions and complete the work.
Thanks for a collection of poems; comments on lunar eclipses.
Austrian consul, Mr. Schaeffer, sent JH one copy of Voyage of the Navara and map, care of R.A.S. If parcel arrives, send it to Smith, Elder & Co.
Thanks WW for and comments on WW's Lectures on Political Economy. Has learned that the theory of rent is exploded. JH's daughter Julia is seriously ill.
Informs JW that JH has received notice from H. J. Temple [Lord Palmerston] that Thomas Maclear is to be put on the next list to receive a pension.
Has received letter from Lord Palmerston [Henry John Temple] approving JH's request for a memorial for Thomas Maclear.
Further to dealing with report on William Hopkins's paper [see GS's 1862-12-24].
Agrees that the pendulum should be observed at major Indian stations because Russians did not avail themselves of offered vacuum apparatus and pendulums.
Once again anxious about completion of nebula catalogue, and about cost over run [see Edward Stone's 1863-1-14].
Acknowledges receipt of nebula catalogue sheets from GA [see GA's 1863-2-6]; apologizes for JH's anxious letter [see JH's 1863-2-6].
Is satisfied with WB's work on meteorology. Comments on WB's intention to diagram the moon.
Offers a few ideas to GA [see GA's 1863-2-9], but does not have a coherent explanation.
Has found a few minor errors in the calculations checked so far [see GA's 1863-2-6]; comments on magnetic tracings JH received from GA.